Daily Archives: December 2, 2015

In the near future, Georgian citruses might be exported to Central Asia. As the Minister of Agriculture of Georgia Zaur Putkaradze states CBW, the Ministry is actively negotiating on this issue. It is assumed that the products can be transported to Central Asia in a ferry across the Caspian Sea. “Our …

A draft law on the establishment of tax exemptions on the import of hybrid cars has been submitted to the Parliament. The authors of the project hope that the Parliament will discuss the project before the end of the year. The project provides for an exemption from excise duty and tax …

Shooting the Su-24 down, Turkey may have tried to disrupt the talks on Syria taking place in the Vienna format. According to TASS, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated this after his talks with Cypriot counterpart Ioannis Kasoulides. According to Lavrov, the Turkish side must realize what it needs to …

Georgia ranks 78th in Information Technology Development Index (IDI). Georgia occupies 78th place among 167 countries in the 2015 rating set out by International Telecommunication Union. The country is 7 steps ahead compared to the 2010 rating. According to International Telecommunication Union, Georgia’s Information Development Index has amounted to 5,25 in …

Russian imports to Georgia have increased this year while exports from Georgia to Russia fell sharply. According to the Statistics Office of Georgia Geostat, products worth over $467 million were imported from Russia to Georgia over the past 10 months, that is 30 million dollars more than in the same …

Georgian pharmaceutical company GPC intends to increase its sales by introducing a system of selling drugs in installments. The company openly declares that the initiative is marketing one, rather than social and its only purpose is to increase sales. According to the head of GPC Public Relations Tea Javakhishvili, there …

The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) exported 2.37 million tons of oil from Georgian Supsa port from Jan.-Oct. 2015, or 6.4 percent less than in the same period in 2014, said the message from the company. SOCAR exported 338,590 tons of oil from Supsa in October 2015, compared to …

The Georgian Government is continuing its dialogue with local business leaders, introducing them to current and future reforms, and offering a supportive hand to the wider business community as it carries out its activities. At the Business Dialogue with Government meeting Georgia’s Economy Minister Dimitry Kumsishvili met representatives from Georgian …

Large transport and logistics operators of Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kazakhstan and Georgia have agreed on creating consortium for cargo transportation from China to Europe, said the message from Georgian Railway. The agreement was reached during the presentation of opportunities and prospects for the Trans-Caspian transport route “China-Turkey-Europe” in Istanbul. “The founders …

The Iranian company has indefinitely postponed the hotel’s opening in Tbilisi. The hotel will be located in a former building of the Department of Statistics on Peking Str.4. At the moment a trade center is operating there. The third-seventh floors were bought by Comfort Ltd company owned by a few foreigners, …